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With the PS6 Active
Direct Field Monitor, Event Electronics has introduced professional-quality
powered monitoring to the project studio market. For the very affordable
price of $699 per pair, the project studio owner on a limited budget can
now obtain a monitoring system that compares well with speakers costing
three times the price. And with a complete PS6 5.1 configuration costing
about $2,500, Event has significantly lowered the financial barriers to
entering the quickly expanding market for surround sound mixing.
 The
Event PS6 is the mid-size member of the company’s Project Studio
line of speakers, which includes the PS5 that comes equipped with a 5
1/4-inch woofer and a 1-inch silk dome tweeter; and the PS8, with 8-inch
woofer and the same 1-inch silk dome tweeter. All three PS models are
driven by the same amplifiers: a 70-watt model for the low end and a 30-watt
amp for the high end. For this review, I supplemented a set of five matching
Event Electronics PS6s with a single Event 20/20/15 active subwoofer,
a model that is thoughtfully designed to be used with all three PS systems.
The PS6 is constructed of a tough 5/8-inch-thick, vinyl-laminated and
lock-mitered MDF, weighs 23 pounds and measures 8.25x12.5x10-inches. The
front panel contains two ports for increased bass, and frequency response
is 45 Hz to 20k Hz (±3 dB, ref. 500 Hz). A front panel LED indicates
power on and clip conditions. As with most self-powered systems, the PS6
is a bi-amplified design, and the electronics package includes a fourth-order
asymmetrical active crossover at 2.6 kHz. The 70-watt LF amplifier drives
a 6 1/2-inch magnetically shielded, mineral-filled polypropylene cone
featuring a high-temperature voice coil and a damped rubber surround,
while the high-frequency driver, a 1-inch magnetically shielded natural
silk dome tweeter with Ferrofluid voice coil coolant, is powered by a
separate 30-watt amplifier. An input level control has a range of 20 dB
and offers a notched stop position at the -5dB position. Input connectors
are both XLR and 1/4-inch for balanced and unbalanced sources.
The Event 20/20/15 subwoofer is constructed of the same 5/8-inch vinyl-laminated
and lock-mitered MDF, is vented and weighs 100 pounds. The internally
braced cabinet’s dimensions are a whopping 17.5x21.5x29-inches, including
the 3-inch-tall detachable feet. An internal 250-watt linear power amp
drives the single long-throw 15-inch coated paper cone, which has a foam
surround and features a high-temperature voice coil. Frequency response
is 28 to 120 Hz (+0 dB, -3 dB), and the unit can produce a maximum SPL
of 117 dB peak at 1 meter.
The 20/20/15 cabinet’s inputs include one LFE pass-through and five
main monitor channels. All inputs are 40k ohm balanced via gold combination
XLR/1/4-inch connectors. All of the inputs also contain pass-through outputs
via male XLR connectors.
The 20/20/15 has an LFE input sensitivity control as well as polarity
inversion, phase delay switches, monitor group input sensitivity, monitor
input disable, monitor/sub crossover tuning and a mains power switch and
power/clip indicator. The cabinet also offers RFI shielding, output current
limiting, over temperature and turn-on/-off transient protection, subsonic
filtering and a resettable main AC circuit breaker. A 3rd-order LFE crossover
is variable from 30 to 80 Hz.
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Reprinted with permission from 
Magazine, September, 2000
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